back to the turbulent age

Chapter 78, Repent

The atmosphere was stalemate for a moment.

The old captain Zhao happened to be a little disheartened for a while, feeling that what he did was not worth it.

At this time, militia captain Zhao Tiezhu spoke.

"How about this, those who are willing to believe in Uncle Jiu, stand on one side, and those who don't believe on the other side. If the captain's side occupies the vast majority, then forget it. If only half of them are occupied, then our Zhao family will bear the loss. When the food comes, our Zhao family will divide it."

"Okay! I think it will work!"

The accountant next to him, Li Mingde, spoke, and then looked at everyone and said, "There is still some money in the account, I think, it's really not good, according to the proportion, take out some money, and everyone can go to get food according to their ability. Do you agree with the partner?"

As an accountant, he shouldn't have said that at this time.

But there are fewer and fewer people in the Li family who can speak up. If he doesn't support his uncle, the entire production team will be slowly eaten away by the Zhao family.

The meaning of tonight basically represents the future elections.

As long as a new election is proposed after a while, the power of the production team will still return to the Li family.

"Hey, I think it's okay. How much money the Zhao family took and how much we divided, isn't that enough?"

"Yeah, how about doing it like this!"

……

For a while, the Li family and people with other surnames all spoke up one after another, meaning that they no longer supported Zhao Zheng as the captain.

The Zhao family also began to discuss in a low voice.

"Just do it. Although Grandpa Jiu didn't say anything about food, it's impossible for him to buy food that is more expensive than the black market, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Yes, you can buy food at the same price at most, and you won't lose money. What's the price of food now?"

……

After everyone figured it out, they would naturally support their own family. How much food can they buy with that little money!

Now the price of cornmeal on the black market in the city has risen to something. With this little money, one person can buy a catty of cornmeal, which is not bad.

After obtaining consent, everyone began to stand in line.

A total of more than 600 people, one representative per household, about 100 people started to stand in line.

More than 40 of them occupy Captain Zhao's side, basically all of them are from the Zhao family.

There are also a small number of people who are not from the Zhao family.

For example, Tian Xiaomai's mother, after all, her daughter was married to the Zhao family, so she is naturally toward the Zhao family.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for my daughter to be a human being in the future.

The remaining [-] or so households naturally sided with Li Youtian.

Zhao Tiegen stood in the crowd on behalf of their family.

Zhao Chuanliang pondered for a while, then quietly withdrew from the crowd, planning to do what he had discussed with the old man.

Come to the head of the village, next to the grain pile.

Looking around, he quietly stomped on a pile of corn stalks next to him, not from the outside, but from the middle.

He had to buy himself time to run back.

Corn stalks are stacked upright, and the amount is actually not large at all. Three people holding hands can chop up the stalks and surround them.

Seeing that the fire underneath was starting to ignite, he hurried towards the courtyard.

It's a little far away, and I can't see anything yet.

When he ran back to the vicinity of the compound in the dark, no one could find anything here.

At this time, there have been statistics over there, and the average per capita is 5 yuan, 1 cent, 9 cents and 4 cents.

All that needs to be done is to take out the same amount of money tomorrow and share it with the rest of the people, and that's the end of the matter.

As for the position of captain, everyone knew that it had nothing to do with Zhao Zheng.

"Hey, why is it so bright over there in the field?"

Someone was on the periphery, and he still saw the flames in the distance and said it.

This is a child.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the compound.

Everyone frowned.

When Zhao happened to see this, his eyes lit up. This was an agreement with Liangzi, so let's start the fire!

It means that the place where the food is stored is near the fire.

He hurriedly stood up: "Tie Zhu, hurry up, take someone to look over there, look around, the food should be there. Hurry up, don't let other production teams see it."

Zhao Tiezhu, who hadn't said much before, hurriedly said: "Hey, okay, I'll go and have a look, Zhao's, let's go and have a look."

After speaking, he took the people out and went out.

And a group of children followed behind, going to join in the fun.

Zhao Chuanliang shook his head when he saw that today's incident was so serious.

This is the first and last transaction of Liangzhu, otherwise, it will really attract the investigation from above.

Originally, he thought that the transaction could be done safely, so he left!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten the food so early.

The people in the courtyard saw so many people walking away, you looked at me, I looked at you, and felt itchy for a while.

You know, they heard that there was food coming just now.

"Why don't you...go and see..."

"Yes, go and see!"

"Walk……"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the people in the courtyard ran outside one after another, heading towards the direction of the fire.

At this time, there were not many people left in the compound.

There are only a few people in charge of the Li family, and some women.

Seeing this, Li Youtian frowned.

Zhao happened to see this, and then said to the worried daughter-in-law next to him: "Old woman, go and bring the pot of things I prepared."

Seeing this, the old lady hurriedly greeted her eldest grandson.

"Dafeng, go back with grandma."

Zhao Chuanfeng felt strange for a while, but he still agreed.

The rest are still waiting there.

After waiting for about ten minutes, I saw the teams going out coming back from outside one after another.

Zhao Tiezhu came back with more than a dozen bricks in his arms, looking ugly for a while: "Uncle Jiu, there are only these bricks, no food. Have you been cheated?"

The people of the Zhao family behind them were also depressed for a while.

If they were to be deceived, not only would they have no food, but they would also lose their face.

"What's going on with Uncle Nine (Grandpa Nine)?"

Everyone was asking questions one after another, with a trace of anxiety on their faces.

And the people next to him were also watching jokes for a while.

Zhao happened to take the brick and looked at it carefully by the light of the torch, and then looked around.

When I came to the steps, I kept pushing hard.

"Clap!"

Two grain bricks were broken.

He didn't dislike the ashes on it, and just gnawed a little bit, but Nai He didn't move, picked up the debris next to it and put it in his mouth to chew.

After a while a smile appeared on his face.

Hastily said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Tie Zhu, count it and see if it is 4000 yuan, one piece must be missing."

Zhao Tiezhu didn't know what he was selling, so he continued to ask: "Old man, what's going on?"

"Let you count, how can there be so much nonsense."

Now that there are so many people, if someone took advantage of the chaos and took them away, it would be a big loss.

At this time, the old lady came back with her grandson carrying a washbasin.

Zhao just didn't speak, but put the basin aside, waiting for Zhao Tiezhu to gather all the bricks together.

The last few pieces were taken back by several children.

"Uncle, the total is 4000 yuan, one piece is not more than one piece, and one piece is not less. Uncle, tell me, what's going on?"

Can he be in a hurry?

So much money, and all face lost.

Zhao happened to see this, and then he said to the crowd with his hands behind his back.

"Okay, everyone, try it. The things in this basin are made from these bricks. Each person deducts a little less, that's all."

What he was pointing at was the basin just now.

In fact, there are still a lot of things cooked with 4 catties of grain bricks, but there are too many people on the field, and if you eat too much, you will basically lose everything.

Seeing this, Zhao Tiezhu and the others looked curiously at the black mush in the pot, wondering what it was for a while.

But the old man said it all, so he tried it.

Put it in your mouth with your fingers.

Chew up.

After waiting for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said to the person next to him, "Boss, try it."

The person who was called was Zhao Tieshan.

The other party also took a little bit of it and put it in his mouth strangely.

Afterwards, his eyes also brightened, and he called the other family members to come over and try.

More and more people are trying.

Strange noises also started to come.

"Is this really made of grain bricks?"

"What is this made of! It seems to smell like corn."

"It also tastes like sweet potato noodles. But it tastes like corn on the cob?"

"Yeah, it's a bit throaty. Is this rice bran?"

……

Immediately, you and I guessed the ingredients in it at random.

This made Zhao Chuanliang secretly glad that the common people did not know much about it, but they were not stupid. After so many years of dealing with food, they had eaten both corncobs and rice bran, and some people still ate them.

It's not easy to fool!
Now let's see if Grandpa Ninth can withstand it.

Fortunately, the old man and the old lady lived alone, not with their sons and grandchildren, and avoided being seen.

Not only the Zhao family, but also some other people from the Li family, Wang family, and Sun family came to try it. Most of them could tell that it was food, but they couldn't guess the ingredients.

Li Mingde naturally knew how much money he took, so he did the math.

Immediately surprised: "Captain, you bought it for thirty cents a piece? It's less than ten cents a catty! Where did you buy it?"

Zhao happened to ignore him, but said to Zhao Tiezhu's people: "Okay, you divide the things according to each household, and beat them when you go back. Check to see if there is any problem."

Zhao Tiezhu thought for a while, and then said: "How about this, according to the head, each person will take five yuan first, check it on the spot, and take it back if there is no problem. Don't bring up any problems at that time. If there are more, we will divide them tomorrow."

Hearing this, Zhao just thought about it and nodded.

If it is confirmed that there is no problem with the food, it happens that Zhao Chuanliang has not left, so there is no need to send a telegram.

"That line, let's divide it according to five yuan per person."

Hearing the old captain's words, Zhao Tiezhu began to prepare to come over to collect grain bricks according to the number of households, and conduct on-site inspections.

"Hey, wait a minute, this won't work! This is bought with the production team's money, how can it be divided!"

At this time someone spoke, it was a man with a foreign surname.

He also tasted it just now. If it is really the same thing, it can only be bought at least dozens of times outside.

How much is a catty of cornmeal alone?

The money shared by one person is estimated to be equivalent to a catty of cornmeal.

(End of this chapter)